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Commentary: Partisanship leads to less government accountability
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Sometimes people ask me what I’ve got against partisanship. What I dislike about unremitting partisanship is that it first makes people blind. Then it makes them stupid. And, finally, it gives them immature views of the way government and humanity work. Consider this latest flap over the Obama administration’s [...]
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Commentary: NRA ‘win’ may be costly
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Nearly 300 years before Christ was born, the Greek King Pyrrhus won an important battle against the Romans, but at a heavy cost. When someone tried to congratulate him on the win, Pyrrhus replied, “Another such victory and I am undone.” Pyrrhus was right. His victory made it impossible [...]
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Analysis: Pence makes good on promise to oppose new regulations
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence vetoed his first bills this week and it turns out the moves should have been fairly predictable. He was looking for less regulation of occupational licenses – not more. Pence axed bills that would have created licenses for diabetes educators, anesthesiologist assistants and dietitians. One of [...]
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Commentary: Pence starts to reveal himself
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Now that the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly has wrapped up, a few things about the state’s new governor, Republican Mike Pence, have become clear. That’s a good thing, because many Hoosiers didn’t know much about him or what he would do as governor when he took [...]
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Commentary: Bowen was the grandfather of today’s property tax caps
By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz IndyPoltics.Org As I sat down and did my research on the late Gov. Otis “Doc” Bowen, two things really fascinated me about his time in public service. One was his frankness about sex when he was the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the mid-1980s. The other, which I would argue [...]
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Commentary: The iron man behind Doc Bowen’s gentle eyes
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Years ago, when I was working on a feature story about Otis Bowen, one of his former staffers told me that there was a secret to understanding the former Indiana governor and U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services. “What you have to understand about Doc,” the staffer said, [...]
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Analysis: Lawmakers, state ed board may have rocky road ahead
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – There’s been significant speculation about how Democrat Glenda Ritz – the state superintendent elected last November – would get along with the Republican governor and majorities in the General Assembly. But the more interesting relationship is between those GOP officials and members of the State Board of Education. That [...]
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Commentary: Reaction to athlete’s announcement he’s gay is relief, reminder
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – When pro basketball player Jason Collins became the first player in a major American sport to announce that he was gay, the reaction ranged from loud applause to yawns. Presidents called Collins to offer him support and activists lauded his courage. Most other Americans took note – and then [...]
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Commentary: Presidents – current and former – all deserve our thanks, respect
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – They shared the same stage, the only five men alive who know what it is like to be the most powerful human being on earth. And the most scrutinized. When America’s five living presidents – Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama – [...]
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Analysis: Past battles over drunk driving levels are likely to be repeated
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – National traffic safety officials are urging states to reduce the amount that folks can drink before getting behind the wheel – but don’t look to Indiana lawmakers to get behind the idea anytime soon. I remember when Indiana was one of the few remaining states with a legal blood [...]